Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve
Pile Of Rocks–Quartz Rock Outcropping, 6 sights
2.3 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 55 min
Pile Of Rocks–Quartz Rock Outcropping, 6 sights is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve near Hawlings Meadow, MD. The route passes Hidden Pond, Quartz Rock Outcropping and Pile Of Rocks. It climbs 309 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pile Of Rocks–Quartz Rock Outcropping, 6 sights
2.3 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 55 min
Elevation 424–571 ft
Out & Back · Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve
Trailhead: 39.21986, -77.08513
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 80°F / low 69° · precip 32% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Fox Meadow Loop, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Rachel Carson Greenway, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Hidden Pond.
- 0.1 miPass Quartz Rock Outcropping.
- 50 ftPass Pile Of Rocks.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto River Otter Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Pile Of Rocks, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Rachel Carson Greenway, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Fox Meadow Loop, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Hidden Pond–Chestnut Oak Trail Loop, 5 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 171 ft
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